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Soleimani M, Ghasemi JB, Badiei A. Black titania; novel researches in synthesis and applications. INORG CHEM COMMUN 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.inoche.2021.109092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Ferreira V, Azenha M, Pereira C, Silva A. Preparation of molecularly imprinted hollow TiO2 microspheres for selective photocatalysis. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL ADVANCES 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ceja.2020.100071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Controlled Synthesis of Mesoporous CeO2-WO3/TiO2 Microspheres Catalysts for the Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOx with NH3. CATALYSIS SURVEYS FROM ASIA 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s10563-019-09278-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Huang X, Zhang T, Asefa T. Hollow Mesoporous Carbon Microparticles and Micromotors with Single Holes Templated by Colloidal Silica-Assisted Gas Bubbles. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2017; 13:1700256. [PMID: 28544803 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201700256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2017] [Revised: 03/19/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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A simple, new synthetic method that produces hollow, mesoporous carbon microparticles, each with a single hole on its surface, is reported. The synthesis involves unique templates, which are composed of gaseous bubbles and colloidal silica, and poly(furfuryl alcohol) as a carbon precursor. The conditions that give these morphologically unique carbon microparticles are investigated, and the mechanisms that result in their unique structures are proposed. Notably, the amount of colloidal silica and the type of polymer are found to hugely dictate whether or not the synthesis results in hollow asymmetrical microparticles, each with a single hole. The potential application of the particles as self-propelled micromotors is demonstrated.
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- Xiaoxi Huang
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 98 Brett Road, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA
- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 98 Brett Road, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA
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Lignin from Micro- to Nanosize: Production Methods. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 18:ijms18061244. [PMID: 28604584 PMCID: PMC5486067 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18061244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2017] [Revised: 06/05/2017] [Accepted: 06/06/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Lignin is the second most abundant biopolymer after cellulose. It has long been obtained as a by-product of cellulose production in pulp and paper production, but had rather low added-value applications. A changing paper market and the emergence of biorefinery projects should generate vast amounts of lignin with the potential of value addition. Nanomaterials offer unique properties and the preparation of lignin nanoparticles and other nanostructures has therefore gained interest as a promising technique to obtain value-added lignin products. Due to lignin’s high structural and chemical heterogeneity, methods must be adapted to these different types. This review focuses on the ability of different formation methods to cope with the huge variety of lignin types and points out which particle characteristics can be achieved by which method. The current research’s main focus is on pH and solvent-shifting methods where the latter can yield solid and hollow particles. Solvent shifting also showed the capability to cope with different lignin types and solvents and antisolvents, respectively. However, process conditions have to be adapted to every type of lignin and reduction of solvent demand or the integration in a biorefinery process chain must be focused.
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Zhu G, Xu J, Zhao W, Huang F. Constructing Black Titania with Unique Nanocage Structure for Solar Desalination. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:31716-31721. [PMID: 27801572 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b11466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Solar desalination driven by solar radiation as heat source is freely available, however, hindered by low efficiency. Herein, we first design and synthesize black titania with a unique nanocage structure simultaneously with light trapping effect to enhance light harvesting, well-crystallized interconnected nanograins to accelerate the heat transfer from titania to water and with opening mesopores (4-10 nm) to facilitate the permeation of water vapor. Furthermore, the coated self-floating black titania nanocages film localizes the temperature increase at the water-air interface rather than uniformly heating the bulk of the water, which ultimately results in a solar-thermal conversion efficiency as high as 70.9% under a simulated solar light with an intensity of 1 kW m-2 (1 sun). This finding should inspire new black materials with rationally designed structure for superior solar desalination performance.
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- Guilian Zhu
- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shanghai 200050, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shanghai 200050, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310027, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shanghai 200050, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shanghai 200050, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310027, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University , Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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Zong Y, Liu Y, Zhao W, Zhang H, Li B, Zhou X, Shen H. Chitosan-Assisted Assembly of Sub-10 nm Nanocrystals into Mesoporous TiO2 Fibers with High-Aspect-Ratio for Improved Lithium-Ion Storage. Electrochim Acta 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.08.141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Zhang G, Wu HB, Song T, Paik U, Lou XWD. TiO2Hollow Spheres Composed of Highly Crystalline Nanocrystals Exhibit Superior Lithium Storage Properties. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014; 53:12590-3. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201406476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2014] [Revised: 07/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Zhang G, Wu HB, Song T, Paik U, Lou XWD. TiO2Hollow Spheres Composed of Highly Crystalline Nanocrystals Exhibit Superior Lithium Storage Properties. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201406476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Xin L, Liu Y, Li B, Zhou X, Shen H, Zhao W, Liang C. Constructing hierarchical submicrotubes from interconnected TiO₂ nanocrystals for high reversible capacity and long-life lithium-ion batteries. Sci Rep 2014; 4:4479. [PMID: 24667431 PMCID: PMC3966052 DOI: 10.1038/srep04479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2013] [Accepted: 03/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Here, we report a facile hydrothermal approach for synthesizing anatase TiO2 hierarchical mesoporous submicrotubes (ATHMSs) with the aid of long-chain polymer as soft template. The TiO2 nanocrystals, with sizes of 6–8 nm, are well interconnected with each other to build tubular architectures with diameters of 0.3–1.5 μm and lengths of 10–25 μm. Such highly porous structures give rise to very large specific surface area of 201.9 m2 g−1 and 136.8 m2 g−1 for the as-prepared and annealed samples, respectively. By using structurally stable ATHMSs as anode materials for lithium-ion batteries, they exhibited high reversible capacity, long cycling life and excellent cycling stability. Even after 1000 cycles, such ATHMS electrodes retained a reversible discharge capacity as high as 150 mAh g−1 at the current density of 1700 mA g−1, maintaining 92% of the initial discharge capacity (163 mAh g−1).
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- Ling Xin
- 1] School of Physics and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China [2] College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Shenyang Aerospace University, Shenyang, 110136, China
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- School of Physics and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- School of Physics and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- School of Physics and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- School of Physics and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Instrumental Analysis & Research Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Instrumental Analysis & Research Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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Facile and fast synthesis of porous TiO2 spheres for use in lithium ion batteries. J Colloid Interface Sci 2014; 417:144-51. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2013.11.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2013] [Revised: 11/08/2013] [Accepted: 11/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Gan Y, Gu H, Xiao H, Xia Y, Tao X, Huang H, Du J, Xu L, Zhang W. Mesoporous Fe3O4@C submicrospheres evolved by a novel self-corrosion mechanism for high-performance lithium-ion batteries. NEW J CHEM 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4nj00090k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Mesoporous Fe3O4@C submicrospheres with high conductivity and structural stability exhibit fascinating electrochemical performance.
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- Yongping Gan
- College of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Zhejiang University of Technology
- Hangzhou, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Zhejiang University of Technology
- Hangzhou, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Zhejiang University of Technology
- Hangzhou, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Zhejiang University of Technology
- Hangzhou, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Zhejiang University of Technology
- Hangzhou, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Zhejiang University of Technology
- Hangzhou, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Zhejiang University of Technology
- Hangzhou, China
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- College of Biological and Environmental Engineering
- Zhejiang University of Technology
- Hangzhou, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Zhejiang University of Technology
- Hangzhou, China
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Liu J, Liu W, Chen K, Ji S, Zhou Y, Wan Y, Xue D, Hodgson P, Li Y. Facile Synthesis of Transition-Metal Oxide Nanocrystals Embedded in Hollow Carbon Microspheres for High-Rate Lithium-Ion-Battery Anodes. Chemistry 2013; 19:9811-6. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201300357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2013] [Revised: 05/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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